Mei Zhang
Biography
Mei Zhang is a counsel in the Finance Practice Group in the Dallas office of Haynes Boone. She focuses her practice on fund finance, real estate finance, energy finance, project finance and other commercial, secured and unsecured financial transactions. She represents international and domestic financial institutions and commercial lenders in structuring, documenting, and negotiating various commercial financial transactions. Prior to joining Haynes Boone, Mei practiced law in China in the areas of real estate, mergers and acquisitions, foreign investments, joint ventures and corporate law. She worked at a major international law firm in Beijing and one of the biggest U.S. asset investment and management companies in Shanghai.
Mei Zhang is a counsel in the Finance Practice Group in the Dallas office of Haynes Boone. She focuses her practice on fund finance, real estate finance, energy finance, project finance and other commercial, secured and unsecured financial transactions. She represents international and domestic financial institutions and commercial lenders in structuring, documenting, and negotiating various commercial financial transactions. Prior to joining Haynes Boone, Mei practiced law in China in the areas of real estate, mergers and acquisitions, foreign investments, joint ventures and corporate law. She worked at a major international law firm in Beijing and one of the biggest U.S. asset investment and management companies in Shanghai.
- Represented a major international bank as the agent and lead arranger on its $600 million sustainability-linked revolving credit facility to a private equity fund secured by investors’ capital commitments
- Represented a major international bank as the agent and lead arranger on its $1 billion revolving credit facility to real estate private equity funds with Asia-focused investments secured by investors’ capital commitments
- Represented a leading US bank on its $500 million revolving credit facility to a private credit fund secured by investors’ capital commitments
- Represented lead agent and arranger in documenting, negotiating and closing $1.1 billion senior unsecured credit facility to a real estate investment fund
- Advised Goosehead Insurance, Inc. on its $300 million term loan B and $75 million revolving credit facility
- Advised major U.S. financial institutions and lenders on lending asset-secured loans to real estate developers and investment firms.
- Advised a major U.S. financial institution on lending a construction loan of $55 million to a hotel developer
- Advised a financial institution on restructuring loans secured by borrower’s 20+ healthcare centers portfolio
- Advised a foreign investment fund on acquisition and financing of an apartment complex of 200+ units.
- Included in the "Ones to Watch" category of The Best Lawyers in America, Woodward/White, Inc., 2024-2026
- "Fund Finance Insights: Subscription Line Pricing Stabilizes in First Half of 2024," co-author, Haynes Boone client alert, 2024.
- "Sowing Seeds for Success: Subscription Facilities for Funds with Seed Investors," co-author, Haynes Boone client alert, 2024.
- “Rock Climbing Makes Me A Better Lawyer,” author, Law360, 2024
- May the Force be With You – Legal Insights in APAC Fund Finance, Panelist, 6th Annual Asia-Pacific Fund Finance Symposium
Education
J.D., Southern Methodist University Dedman School of Law, 2015, cum laude
LL.B., Wuhan University School of Law, 1999
LL.M., Southern Methodist University Dedman School of Law, 2009, Rocky Mountain Mineral Law Foundation Scholarship
Languages
Chinese (Mandarin)
Admissions
China
New York
Texas
Key Takeaways from the Fund Finance Association’s 6th Annual Asia-Pacific Fund Finance Symposium
November 25, 2024
Fund Finance Insights: Subscription Line Pricing Stabilizes in First Half of 2024
July 31, 2024